| Birth Date: | May 8, 1939 |
| Death Date: | March 2, 2010 (aged 70) |
| Birth Place: | Glen Cove, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
| Sport: | Sprint running |
| Club: | U.S. Army Villanova Wildcats |
| Pb: | 100 yd – 9.3 (1961) 100 m – 10.2 (1962) 200 m – 20.55 (1962) 440 yd – 47.2 (1964) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Otis Paul Drayton (May 8, 1939 – March 2, 2010) was an American sprint runner.
He was an AAU champion in the 220yd sprint from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he was a member of the world record of 39.1 seconds setting American 4 × 100 m relay team, and equaled the 200 m world record of 20.5 s in 1962. At the 1964 Olympics, Drayton won a silver medal in the 200 m and ran the opening leg for the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a world record at 39.06 seconds.[1]
In retirement, Drayton lived with his wife near Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked as deputy project director for the city's Division of Recreation and then at the sheriff's department.[1] He died on March 2, 2010, of a pulmonary embolism following cancer surgery.[2]